Doctor shopping

April 8, 2008

KXAN.com: “One Austin woman is facing charges in what investigators are calling a growing crime trend: doctor shopping. Over the course of two years, the woman received 178 prescriptions for Hydrocodone from 22 different doctors, and filled them at 14 Austin-area pharmacies.”



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